About
Washington DC Photographer Robert Giroux
Robert Giroux began his professional
photography career in his hometown
of
Montreal in 1987 covering Canadian politics and sporting
events for Agence France-Presse (AFP) and moving in
1991 to their North American HQ in Washington DC.
He has photographed five US Presidents, countless world
leaders, CEO's, as well as numerous prominent actors,
musicians and other artists. From 1995 to 2000 he was
one of two Newsweek magazine contract photographer
assigned to the White House travel pool.
In early 2000 he was recruited to manage the picture-desk
and editorial operations for the, then fledgling, Getty
Images News & Entertainment wire service in New York
City. Later becoming their first chief photographer
for news in the Americas he designed the software, Getty
Images Field Tool (GIFT), still used
by all their staff photographers and editors to edit, caption and
transmit images from the field giving them a distinct edge
over their competition in speed, efficiency and accuracy.
His success with GIFT and other editorial technology projects
garnered him a promotion and transfer to Getty Images'
Seattle headquarters and a position as Director of Editorial
Technology Partnerships where he designed and implemented a
global distribution and picture desk system which brought
all regional picture desks onto a central platform.
Robert has now returned to his first passion, as a freelance
commercial, editorial and portrait photographer based in Washington, DC, while
still keeping his fingers in editorial technology on a
consulting basis for select media and corporate clients.
See Robert's
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